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Legend
Supernatural
Myth
Fairy tale
Fable
Folk story
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A folktale is an old story that's been told again and again, often for generations. ... Folktales are stories in the oral tradition, or tales that people tell each other out loud, rather than stories in written form.
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1.Folk tales are orally transferred from one generation to another, while fairytales are written literature. 2.Folk tales reflect real-life events, while fairytales involve magic and mythical creatures.
Both of them are usually not true and stem from imagination not facts.
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a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining a natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.
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Both Myths and fairy tales
Fairy tales generally have some sort of fantastic element, and might feature magic, imaginary creatures, and often a conflict between sides that are clearly good and evil. A myth has its basis in religion, often telling stories of supernatural beings or creators, and usually explaining some sort of natural phenomenon.
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The definition of a legend is a story handed down through generations which is believed to be historical.
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legends usually involve heroic characters or fantasctic places, while in fairy tales there are talking animals that can have human characteristics. but they both are passed down from generation to generation or from person to person.
Legends are usually based on some sort of historical fact and have had their characters or events embellished over the tellings and retellings. Fairy tales generally have some sort of fantastic element, and might feature magic, imaginary creatures, and often a conflict between sides that are clearly good and evil.
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a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue: the fable of the tortoise and the hare; Aesop's fables. a story not founded on fact: This biography is largely a self-laudatory fable.
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supernatural. If you enjoy a good story about vampires, witches, werewolves, or ghosts, you like reading about the supernatural — forces, beings, and events that are beyond what can be explained by nature.
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A fable's overall purpose is to teach a lesson or a moral using characters that cannot talk in real life (such as animals, plants, and forces of nature). Fairy tales are stories for children that often include a magical or supernatural element, such as elves, witches, or special animals.
Supernatural can involve very scary content and they can go further with the mythical beings an animals
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The main difference between fable and fairy tale is that the fable usually has a moral lesson at the end whereas the fairy tale is essentially for entertainment. Fable and fairy tales can be categorised as genres of folk literature. They are the fictions passed down to generations through the oral tradition.
Fables are short stories, without depth in plot or characters, and have a moral purpose.
Fairytales have more plot, but still no depth in characters
Fun fact fairy tales and fairy tales are the exact same thing